Story : Like Father, Like Son

Summary : When a young woman is found dead, detectives race to solve the case, with her young son's DNA as the only solid clue. Chapter Seven

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Cragen steps out of his office and motions for the two to enter.

Benson and Stabler are sitting in Cragen's office.

Munch is just walking in the doorway.

CRAGENAll right, how is the case coming along. Any leads?

BENSONWe thought we had the killer in our hands, but now we have no leads.

MUNCHWanna make a bet kids? Fin and I did a little work ourselves. Anthony and Blake Brennan flew into the states Saturday morning. Blake Brennan's credit card was used at a McDonald's in Boston Saturday morning for $12.00.

STABLERFeeding more that one person.

MUNCHIt's only a 2 and a half hour train ride. He could have made it.

CRAGENI choose not to know how you two got that information.

BENSONAnd Anthony would have known that Nicky wouldn't have been at the apartment, and that Katie would be in between shows.

CRAGENWhy would Anthony kill her?

MUNCHIs she cheating on him with Blondie?

CRAGENWe need a way to tie Anthony in here a bit more. Any priors.

MUNCHNone. Clean as a wife-killing whistle. Blake has a pot charge from a few years back.

BENSONOh god I know it. We need to get a DNA sample from Nicky. The child would have the same DNA as his father.

STABLERWe do have the semen from the rape kit- and the urine.

CRAGENAll right. If the kid's DNA matches the killer's DNA you search and destroy Anthony Brennan- if not-

BENSONWe keep looking.

CRAGENI think I will talk to Casey for you. Go get the kid.

Back at the station 10pm

The four detectives are sitting in their office area eating pasta. Stabler is glued to a computer.

BENSONI cannot thank Kathy enough for bringing us dinner this late.

FINYou're wife is wonderful Elliot.

MUNCHIf I would have had one that could make this red sauce, she would probably be by my side right now.

STABLERWell, my children and I are very attached to Kathy, so no laying claim to her John.

Warner walks up and slaps a folder on Olivia's desk. Huang is right behind her.

FINWhat's the verdict?

WARNERWe are having a hard time getting a perfect match. Using urine is a little difficult, and there really wasn't much semen to go off.

HUANGBut we can tell you one thing. Our perp and Nicky both have Klinefelter Syndrome.

MUNCHWhich is?

HUANGWell it's carried mainly on the Y chromosome, and it leaves and interesting mark of XXY.

BENSONWhat are the symptoms of this?

HUANGMost sufferers are sterile, however, clearly our perp isn't. Commonly would include reading and speech disorders, superior intelligence, sparse body hair, sometimes gynoaclomastia.

WARNERBut I would say this warrants that the father passed this on his Y chromosome. The murderer and Nicky's father are the same person.

Stabler has been working on the computer the whole time they have been eating.

MUNCHLike father like son.

STABLERHey check this out. I have been looking up on Katie's past rape. It looks like they thought that Craig Allen raped her, but he was cleared of it. So I looked into Craig Allen's He was suspected of raping 7 other women, but cleared because he had full alibi's at all times, and the cases didn't really match up.

MUNCHI remember that case. Turns out Allen was working at a convenience store with a time stamped camera.

STABLERLiv will you grab that print out please.

She leans back and picks up a print out, and gasps. She passes the paper around. The 7 other rape victims look just like Katie.

BENSONWe need to get all these girls in here tomorrow morning, first thing and interview them all.

STABLERWe should head over to Julia Brennan's and find out who Anthony is with in Boston. We can have Boston police nab him.

MUNCHIsn't it a little late?

STABLERShe's not sleeping. She is making sure nothing happens to her grandson.